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VISION: We want to see all people in remote Karen areas have access to high quality healthcare.

02/05/2026

With the conflict ramping up in our region, we've been reflecting on why our PA and E-tech programs and our hospitals are so important.

The civil war makes everything feel uncertain, but our programs bring hope to Karen State by training students well, which is so rare in Myanmar right now. And despite everything, our programs are getting stronger and stronger. Our goal is permanent health care infrastructure, which the war makes incredibly difficult, but we are succeeding. Our students are able to keep training, even though so many other programs have shut down, which gives them hope and purpose. Patients travel to us because they feel safe with us.

There are many battles going on nearby, so we expect more displaced people and injuries ... a busier year in general. That means we need more food and supplies. As always, we're putting our trust in God and His providence.

If you'd like to support our mission to teach and provide health care in rural Myanmar, you can click the link here to give: https://earthmission-bloom.kindful.com/

02/03/2026

At the end of December, our Year 5 PA students took their midterm mock Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) tests. The OSCE is a practical bedside exam with seven stations: two for history-taking, two for physical examinations, one for ob-gyn history-taking, one for ob-gyn examinations, and one for operating theaters and instruments. The mock OSCE is important prep work for the OSCE the students will take before they graduate.

02/01/2026

Doesn't matter which part of the world you live in — studying for last-minute exams with your friends looks the same just about anywhere!

01/30/2026

It's the Karen equivalent to an American wrap sandwich: sticky rice packed into bamboo. It's an easily portable, tasty snack.

Sticky rice is soaked in water overnight, then packed into the hollow bamboo and grilled. The younger the bamboo, the better; the inner membrane is eaten with the rice, adding flavor. The rice can also be mixed with coconut milk or beans.

01/28/2026

Since 2023, Myanmar has become the deadliest country in the world for landmines and other unexploded ordnance, according to UNICEF and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Reports indicate that around 20% of the victims are children.

Myanmar now has more land mine injuries and deaths per year (2,029) than the two next worst countries for landmine casualties, Syria (1,015) and Afghanistan (624), according to the Landmine Monitor 2025 report.

Simple numbers make the problem seem sterile and orderly. It's not. Landmine injuries are brutal, messy things. The most important strategy for dealing with this problem is prevention or removal of the landmines. Healthcare mitigates the damage done, but it doesn’t solve the problem. We do what we can and stand with people who suffer. That’s the meaning of compassion, even if you can’t fix everything. In medicine, that’s often all we've got.

01/26/2026

With bombing threats and combat intensifying, we've had to move our clinic's primary school into the jungle. Some of our students are learning to play instruments; it makes us wonder how these experiences might come out in song someday.

01/24/2026

Yes, it's fighting season again in Myanmar, so the conflict is heating up. But that doesn't mean regular life stops! Kids go to school; PA and E-tech students study, practice their skills, and take tests; our community celebrates holidays; our team treats patients; people even travel.

01/22/2026

An Earth Mission staff member donates his blood as casualties flow in from the fighting, many of whom are civilians who have been targeted by Myanmar air strikes.

01/20/2026

Food is a huge part of Karen culture, but what we eat here at RTC depends on what we have access to; there are no quick runs to the grocery store in the jungle. We ship in some supplies, but we also hunt, forage, and grow food ourselves.

What are the main staples, though? Rice, rice, and more rice. The average American would be shocked at how much rice the average Karen consumes. When there's little else to be had, a standard meal here is rice with foraged veggies and fish paste for flavor.

01/19/2026

If you ever wonder why it's so important for us to have access to oxygen for treatment, here are some of the things we use it for in our jungle hospitals:

✔️ Childhood pneumonia (by far the most common and important use)
✔️ In the operating room (general and inhalation anesthesia, major surgery, minor surgery, and short general anesthesia cases)
✔️ Post-operative recovery
✔️ Severe illnesses, including pneumonia
✔️ Severe heart failure
✔️ Severe asthma and COPD
✔️ Dyspneic cases and breathlessness
✔️ Severe trauma or injury
✔️ Seizures
✔️ Shock/hypertension
✔️ Obstetric emergency
✔️ Pregnancy complications with fetal distress
✔️ Neonatal emergencies
✔️ Neonatal and infant illness

01/18/2026

We had a little help updating the boot camp building recently. (Boot camp is the four-week program all our incoming PA and E-Tech students complete to test them mentally and physically and prepare them for the stress and difficulty of treating patients or building infrastructure in the jungle during wartime.)

These elephants are well cared for, or as much as they can be in a war zone where people are struggling just as much as the wildlife around them. Their main task is hauling lumber too heavy for humans to move and too difficult for vehicles to maneuver. Out in the jungle, with dense vegetation and no paved roads, these gentle giants are often the most practical choice for heavy lifting.

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608 S Hico Street
Siloam Springs, AR
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Health for the Hidden

The Karen are a people group concentrated along the Thai-Myanmar border. As peace in Myanmar struggles forward, many Karens still scratch out a living as farmers. In mountain and jungle areas, little is left over for education or healthcare.

Since 2015, Earth Mission Asia has been operating a five-year Physician Assistant training program that is specifically designed around problems commonly found in rural villages. We are also developing training programs needed to support healthcare teams in in the jungle (i.e. engineering technology and administration). Our strategies are especially focused on empowering students from these areas.